Filecoin Makes its Way to Ledger Live: Manage Your FIL Tokens With Ease & Security

Things to know:

– Say hello to Filecoin on Ledger Live! You can now easily send and receive FIL with Ledger Live* while keeping your private keys secure within your Ledger Nano. – Soon you’ll be able to purchase FIL with MoonPay, a payment app available in the buy section of Ledger Live.  – Filecoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer file storage network that lets anyone host, store and retrieve digital information.

Buy, send, and receive Filecoin (FIL) with Ledger Live

Whether you are a Filecoin network user, a storage provider or a hodler, you can now manage FIL coins with Ledger Live without relying on third-party wallets and with your private keys fully secure within your Ledger Nano.

Ledger Live will soon enable you to buy FIL coins through our partner MoonPay, using major payment methods like a credit/debit card or a wire transfer through the following seamless and secure process:

• Create your FIL account in Ledger Live.
• Navigate to the Buy tab and select MoonPay as a payment provider.
• Specify the amount of FIL you want to purchase and the payment method.

And that’s it.

For more information on how to manage your FIL coins, visit our Help Center. 

Decentralized, cost-effective and robust storage network

As a decentralized peer-to-peer file storage network powered by blockchain, Filecoin lets you store, retrieve and host digital information without relying on a centralized entity. Anyone with available storage space can rent it out on the Filecoin network.

FIL is Filecoin’s native currency, used as payment for the network’s services and as an economic incentive to ensure that files are stored reliably over time. 

Read our Ledger Academy article to learn more about Filecoin.

Call for developers: Bring crypto to Ledger 

Ledger welcomes external integrations from developers and foundations across the industry. Our code is open source, and everyone is welcome to build and integrate on the Ledger platform.

Most of the coin applications available on Ledger are submitted by third-party developers. For example, our partner Zondax has delivered the full integration with Ledger Live for Filecoin (FIL).

On Ledger’s Developer Portal, blockchain teams and developers can find comprehensive guidelines for every step of the integration process—sample code, toolkits, APIs, test plans, and much more. 

Secure access to Web3 services at your fingertips

Ever since its creation in 2014, Ledger aimed to give you secure access to a galaxy of Web3 services. Today, our products make it easy for anyone to join the crypto space and navigate it securely.

More coins and services are on their way to Ledger Live. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements.

*Disclaimer: Buy, swap, lend, and other crypto transaction services are provided by third-party partners. Ledger provides no advice or recommendations on the use of these third-party services.